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Pasco Head Start staff brief board on shared governance, eligibility rules and selection priorities
Summary
Early Childhood Programs staff reviewed Head Start shared governance, eligibility and selection procedures with the board, describing program types, performance standards, documentation requirements and selection priorities for low-income and categorically eligible families.
Vicky Wolland, an Early Childhood Programs staff member, and Dr. Elizabeth DeCamilla briefed the Pasco County School Board on Head Start shared governance and eligibility training required for the district’s role as the grantee.
Wolland said the Office of Head Start framework includes three intersecting governance bodies for grantees: the governing body (the school board), a policy council composed primarily of current parents (at least 51 percent), and the Department of Early Childhood Programs. She said areas requiring joint oversight by the board and the policy council include hiring and termination of the Head Start director and other lead staff and establishing impasse procedures.
Dr. Elizabeth DeCamilla discussed program types and…
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